Archives for June 2014

I have just spent the most wonderful week staying with my lovely friend Lis and her family in the seaside town of Tenby in Wales. Now many mock the weather in Wales saying it is the same as we have here on the west coast of Scotland – wet, windy and dull, well maybe it…

What could be more summery than strawberries and tomatoes. Both are sunshine fruits full of colour, juice and flavour. They are the stuff of picnics, salads, BBQs and party food. No summer time event would be complete without their presence. However one doesn’t usually think of them as a partnership. They are not first on…

There is something about peaches and summertime, the two go together like the proverbial peas and carrots. The fuzziness of the peach skin hiding that golden nectar filled flesh, it just speaks of sunshine and lazy days. So how can you improve on a partnership like that? The peach/summer time thing just has to be…

Cherries mean summer time for me. Way back in the dim and distant past that was my youth cherries were only ever available during their short growing season within the UK, they didn’t just appear in the supermarkets all year round in the magical way they do nowadays. Oh no, back then cherries were special….

This week I was invited on BBC Radio Scotland’s MacAuley & Co show this week to talk about how to save money at home by making household things go that wee bit further. I thought you guys might enjoy some of these too so let’s take a walk round the house together; FRONT DOOR AND…

I’m thrilled to announce that my ebook D.I.Y. Herbs At Home is being offered for this week only as part of Mandi’s Bundle Of The Week with 4 other great ebooks all giving over 200 super easy recipes for simple meals and snacks you can make at home. There are some really exciting ebooks in…

I love this time of year, a bit of warmth from the sun and all the goodness buried beneath the earth bursts forth and fills the air with heavenly scents and promises of gorgeous goodies for the kitchen and table. One of my favourite foraging finds that grows all around this area in the shade…